Welcome to Midnight Mania! Promotions come and go, but freak shows are forever. Several times this week, clips of the infamous Fight Circus event have made this column, featuring multiple opponents taking on a single foe. Clearly, Thailand has some potential when it comes to freak show bouts, but Russia — home to team MMA
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Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. weigh in then face-off with plexiglass between them (video) [embedded content] Two legends of the world of boxing return to the ring on Saturday, as Mike Tyson, 54, squares off with Roy Jones Jr., 51. Tyson vs. Jones is being held as an exhibition bout, where the California State
Image: @joannajedrzejczyk on Instagram Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA) showed off her softer side in a recent photo on Instagram. The Polish standout, Jedrzejczyk, has not stepped foot inside the Octagon since UFC 248 where she suffered a split-decision loss to Weili Zhang in her bid to reclaim the promotions 115-pound
Derrick Lewis is confident that Jon Jones will fare just fine in the heavyweight division. Jon Jones has been teasing and contemplating a move up to the heavyweight division for years, and now it appears that he will finally make the leap. Nobody really knows how Jon Jones will fare at heavyweight. It’s an entirely
2:16 PM ET Anthony Smith has gotten the call again. For the second time this year, the UFC light heavyweight contender has been tabbed on short notice to be in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card. On Friday, the UFC lost its headliner for Saturday’s event, a heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes
Mike Tyson will make his first trip to the boxing ring in over 15 years tomorrow night (Sat., Nov. 28, 2020) live on FITE PPV from inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., as the former heavyweight champion takes on fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. in a highly-anticipated exhibition match. Tyson, who turned 54 this
UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark Live Results (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark (formerly Blaydes vs. Lewis) bout from the Apex in Las Vegas is scheduled to
Curtis Blaydes has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, his UFC Vegas 15 main event fight with Derrick Lewis has been canceled. This unfortunate news was first reported by Ariel Helwani of ESPN, the UFC’s official broadcast partner. Helwani also added that the UFC is hoping to reschedule this heavyweight fight for later in
Bobby Nash (10-4) advanced in the Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) welterweight tournament at XFC 43. The promotion is trying something new along with their new home at NBC Sports Network and Nash, who is no stranger to the sport of mixed martial arts could not be happier to be fighting for the XFC. “I love
8:10 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The sport of mixed martial arts has evolved through the years to the point where nowadays most professional fighters, especially those at or near the top of the heap, are proficient at mixing together an array of combative styles. But when the sport was young and drawing its athletes from
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After months of speculation and then contract negotiation, the Conor McGregor sweepstakes are decided: he’s fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Jan. 23, 2021. Now that all that is settled, however, further speculation immediately begins: who will McGregor fight afterward?!? At the moment, a Lightweight title fight or Manny Pacquiao
Dana White won’t UFC bring fans back to a half empty arena, not even Cowboys Stadium [embedded content] UFC president Dana White has achieved a lot of first during 2020. He was the first to get his fight promotion and in turn the sport back to a regular schedule. He was the first to find
MMA analyst Chael Sonnen believes that former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, his long-time archrival, will never fight again. Sonnen and Silva were part of a memorable rivalry in the early 2010s. The two met at UFC 117 and, after Sonnen dominated the first four rounds of the fight, Silva came back to win in
Derrick Lewis believes he could be fighting for UFC gold next time out if he beats Curtis Blaydes this Saturday night at UFC Vegas 15. Lewis vs. Blaydes is a very intriguing matchup and a fight both men have wanted for years. In the lead-up, Blaydes has said Lewis is predictable which “The Black Beast”
12:56 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Valentina Shevchenko‘s dominance has reached the point where MMA fans are shocked when she loses a round. Shevchenko (20-3) defended the UFC’s 125-pound championship for the fourth time on Saturday, defeating Jennifer Maia (18-7-1) by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it a blowout win for the champ, 49-46.
Heavy-handed “Black Beast,” Derrick Lewis, will look to turn away wrestling specialist, Curtis Blaydes, this Saturday (Nov. 28, 2020) at UFC Vegas 15 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Lewis has battled two issues inside the Octagon as much as any opponent: injury and
Looking back on his November 10 victory over Shaheen Santana at Dana White’s Contender Series that earned him a UFC contract, featherweight Natan Levy feels like he couldn’t have done much better than he did. Even though he was moving up in weight to take the bout versus Santana on short notice, Levy was able
Former Bellator and ONE welterweight champ Ben Askren has responded to a challenge from YouTube star turned boxer, Jake Paul. Paul is slated to box former NBA player Nate Robinson on the main card of this Saturday’s Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. card. Ahead of the fight, the YouTuber set his sights on future